Bag frame



Apr-10,1923. mmm@ A R. L.. PRAHAR.

BAG FRAMEv Filed Dc. ISO, 192].

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Patented Apr. 10, 1923.

ROBERT L. PRAHAR, F BROCKLYN, NEW YORK.

BAG FRAME.

Application nled December 30, 1921.

T o 1N whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT L. PRAHAR, a citizen of theUnited States, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Bag Frames, of which the ollowing is a specication.

This invention is an improvement in bag frames of that general type which include two pivoted jaws or frame members to which the cloth or other material forming the body walls of the bag are secured, and which members are normally held from separating by some form of catch o-r fastener. In the usual construction these members are pivoted directly to each other so that when in closed position they lie parallel. In such a construction if the bag be full, the wallsv bulge outwardly both above and below the pivots of the frame members.

One object of my invention is to give the bag a neater and more attractive appearanc'e, and render bulging of the walls less conspicuous. A further object is to provide the frame with an inconspicuous but readily accessible coin holder from which small coins, as for instance, for car fare, may be easily withdrawn without opening the bag or exposing the contents to view. A further,l

object is to provide a simple and adequate support within the main frame for the jaws of a pocket book very much smaller than the main bag itself. Other objects of my invention and advantages of my improved construction will be "intedwout hereinafter or will be apparent finn'a consideration of a referred embodiment.

n the accompanying drawingsz Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a frame constructed in accordance with my invention, parts thereof being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is an edge view, parts beingshown in dotted lines in open position, and

Fig. 3 is a view of a portion of the inside of the frame substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. l

In the specic form illustrated the frame includestwo main 'aw members 10 and 11 which may be similar to any one of aI variety of different common forms of jaw members now known. The body part of the bag may be secured to these jaw members in various different ways, for instance the members are illustrated as being channel-shaped in crosssection to receive the edge of the cloth or Serial No. 525,923.

other fabric forming the wall ofthe body of the bag. The jaws intermediate of their ends may be detachably secured together by any well known form of snap fasteners, catch, latch or the like. As shown, the two members have a coacting pair of knobs 12 which may spring past each other to hold the bag closed.

As one important feature of my'invention, I provide an intermediate frame member 13 which may be formed of a piece of sheet metal, of materially greater width at its ends than at its intermediate portion. The two jaws are separately secured to this` member at spaced points byrivets or other form of pivots 14. The side`edges of the member 13 are so formed that the main jaw members 10 and 11 lie in planes at an angle to each other when the bag is closed. In other words, they are spaced apart at their pivots and converging toward the fastener 12. The uppery portions of the walls of the .body of the bag will therefore lie in the same inclined plane as the jaws 10 and 11. The portion of the body of the bag" below the pivots and below the frame members will therefore, if the bag be full, tend to continue in the same general planes as the jaws 10 and 11, as indicated in dotted lines at 'the lower portion of Fig. 2. rfhus, the bulging, of the walls, due to the filling of the bag, will be far less conspicuous than would be Vthe case if the jaws 10 and 11 were directly pivoted together and lay in parallel planes when the bag is closed. Y

As a further feature of my invention I utilize the broader terminal or base ortion ofthe member 13 to carry receptac es for small articles. Preferably I` provide a pair of coin receptacles 15 which are of tubular form and extend inwardly substantially parallel to the pivots 14. The outer end of each receptacle may be provided with a li or fiange 16 along its lower periphery, an within the receptacle there may be provided a follower 17 and a coil spring 18 for normally holding the coins 19 out against the lip or fiange 16. As the frame and the member 13 curve upwardly and inwardly from the pivots, it will be noted that the flange 16 may lie closely adjacent to the wall of the member 13, but the upper edge will be exposed so that the coins may he readily withdrawn by sliding them upwardly. These coin receptacles may be made of appropriate size to receive small coms, and

. walls 22 car may be either of the same size at the opposite ends of the frame or may be of d1fi`erent sizes, so that nickles may be placed 1n one receptacle, and pennies or dimes 1n the other.

As a preferred form of receptacle I make the peripheral wall of a single strip of sheet metal bent to cylindrical form with the terminal portions 20 bent to extend radially of the receptacle and directly soldered together and secured to the inner surface of the member 13, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Thus these terminal portionsv form abrace for holding the receptacle rigid in respect to the member 13, and materially stifen the member at these points. It will of course be understood that the edge of the peripheral wall, as wellas the edges of the anges 20 are soldered to the wall 13. If desired, portions of the edges of the ianges 20 may be provided with integral lugs bent to lie flat against the inner surface of the wall 13 so as to give added surface for solder. The 1n ner end wall 22 of the receptacle may be directly soldered to the peripheral wall.

The coin receptacles serve a further. func-- tion in addition to carrying coins and Ireinforcing or bracing the member 13. Preferably they serve as supports for an mner pocketbook or bag frame. As shown, the

concentrically disposed, inwardly exten ing studs'23, upon'which are pivotally mounted the jaws 24 and 25 of an inner frame for a bagror pocketbook. It will be noted that the studs 23 are materially j above the pivots 14, and that theinner frame 24 and 25 is very much smallerthan the outer frame l'andll. The spacing of the inner frame from the outer one permits easy accessto the contents of the outer bag upon either .side of the inner one, and renders the inner bagmore convenient for small articles I than would be the case were it more nearly the coin receptacles, and through the' latter,

the same size as the outer one. The member 13 serves not only to space apart the main frame members, at their pivots, and toA carry the inner frame members, but it also may serve for the attachment of a handle for the main bag. As shown, loops 26 are riveted vor soldered-to the member 13 at appropriate -of the intermediate'framemem er. l

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bag frame member including a pair j ofl jaw members and an intermediate member spacing them apart at their lower ends but permltting their upper ends to lie closly spaced points,'the portions of said intermediate member adjacent to the ends of the latter beingwider than at a pointmidway therebetween whereby the jaw members lie in converging planes when inv closed posi` tion. i

3. A- bag frame including a pair of jaw members and an intermediate member ex# tending from one end of the jawsto the other, and having its greatest width adjacent to its ends and being comparatively narrow intermediate of its ends* 'saidjawl members being separately -pivotedat spaced points to the ends of said intermediate memverging planes whenv in `closed position.

4;. A bag frame including a pair of jaw berwhereby the jaw members lie v'in con ing said jaw members a art at their lower Y ends and by which `the jaws are separately pivotedjat spaced points, and a pair of fastener members, one on one jaw member and the other on the other jaw member for directly securingfthe jaws together `independently of said intermediate member, and hold? ing said intermediate member therebetween at a point intermediate of the pivots.

5. A bag frame including a pair of 'jaw members and an intermediate member spacing said jaw members apart at their lower ends and by which the Jaws are'. separately pivoted at spaced points', a pair of fastener members, one on -pnejaw member and the other on .the other jaw member for directly securing the jaws together,Y inde endently of said intermediate memberyfand olding said intermediate member therebetween ata point intermediate of the' pivotsyand means on A said intermediate member between the ivots f and said securing meansfor the attac ment ofaba handle. H'

6. A ag frame including a pair of jaw members'and an intermedlate member to which said jaw members are separatelyy ivoted at spaced points, said interme iate member being of a width greater than the diameter .ofv a coinl at points adjacent to the pivotal connections of said jaw membersand a pair of coin receptacles carried by said in? termediate member adjacentto the opposite ends thereof and-adjacent to the pivots ofv said jaw members for holdin coins with their outer surfaces exposed vsu tantially in the plane of the outer surface of saidintermediate member.

7. A .bag kframe including a pair of jaw members and an intermediate member to 8. A bag frame including a pair of jaw members and an intermediate member to which said jaw members are separately pivoted at spaced points, a pair of tubular receptacles extending inwardly from said frame member adjacent to the opposite ends thereof lbut above the pivots of said jaw members and a pair of inner jaw members pivotally connected to and between the inner ends of said receptacles.

9. A bag frame including a pair of curved jaw members substantially channel-shaped in cross-section, a curved intermediate member wider at its ends than atits intermediate portion and having said frame members pivotally secured to opposite edges thereof at the ends, whereby the frame members lie in converging planes when closed, a handle attaching device secured to said intermediate member and tubular receptacles also secured to said intermediate member and having flanges rigid with the walls thereof and extending along the', inner surface of said intermediate member to stiffen the latter.

10. A bag frame including a pair of jaw members, an intermediate member' to which said jaw members are pivoted at spaced points, a pair of coin receptacles carried by said intermediate member and from which the coins may be withdrawn without separating said main jaw members, and an inner pair of pivotally connected jaw members carried by said coin receptacles.

11. A bag frame including a pair of jaws, an intermediate member to which said jaws are pivotally secured at spaced-points so as to lie in converging planes when in closed position, a pair of receptacles carried by said intermediate member adjacent to the opposite ends thereof, and an inner pair of jaws pivotally secured to said receptacles.

12. A bag frame including a pair of jaws, an intermediate member to which said jaws are pivotally secured at spaced points so as to lie in converging planes when in closed position, a pair of receptacles carried by said intermediate member adjacent to the opposite ends thereof, an inner pair of jaws pivotallv secured to said receptacles, said receptacles having their peripheral walls provided with integral lugs extending along and secured to the inner surface of said intermediate member and a handle attaching device carried by said intermediate member upon the outer surface and adjacent to the terminal portion of said lugs.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York this 29th day of December A. D. 1921.

` ROBERT L. PRAHAR. 

